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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Cat. 3 |
| Distance | 2.52 km / 1.56 miles |
| Elevation gain | 182.7 m / 599 ft |
| Average gradient | 7.3% |
| Maximum gradient | 49.6% |
| Elevation high | 1,894 m / 6,214 ft |
| Elevation low | 1,694.8 m / 5,560 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 18,274.15 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 258,130th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 5,265th most difficult cycling climb of all 18,600 climbs in Colombia. |
📉 Places 134th out of 615 cycling climbs in Quindío. |
⚖ Ranks 34th out of 128 cycling climbs in Capital. |
⚖ Ranking 26th out of 105 cycling climbs in Calarcá. |
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